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  • Book Recommendation: New Folger Library, Shakespeare

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    Recommended by LAURA KAYACAN, Adult Services Librarian, Door County Library  This April during National Poetry Month, I recommend my favorite poet of all time, William Shakespeare. Not only did he write a series of remarkable, timeless sonnets, but all of his plays are written at least partly in iambic pentameter or blank verse. Which other […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Paulette Laufer

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    Paulette Laufer grew up in West Bend, Wisconsin, and began writing poetry as an undergraduate at UW-Stevens Point. After earning her M.F.A. in dramatic art, she embarked on playwriting and theater work in the Washington, D.C., area.  She had never been to Door County when she first lived in Wisconsin; it was during that time […]

  • Poets Laureate Visit Novel Bay Booksellers

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    A sampling of the finest work by the seven Door County poets laureate is featured in a new book, Seven By 7. A couple of the poets will sign books and chat with book lovers April 16, 11 am – 2 pm, at Novel Bay Booksellers, 44 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay. Frances May served […]

  • Book Recommendation: ‘Stephen Crane: Complete Poems’ by Stephen Crane

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    April is Poetry Month, so to celebrate, all of our recommendations this month will be poetry collections. Recommended by STEVEN RICE, Manager, Door County Historical Museum and Archives Most famous for his classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane had an outsized impact on American literature despite his short body of […]

  • UUFDC Poetry Series Features June Nirschl

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    June Nirschl will be the featured poet during the Dickinson Poetry Series on March 9, 7 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County (UUFDC), 10341 Water St. (Hwy 42) in Ephraim. Nirschl strives for poetry that sings, and it was the excitement of writing poems that first attracted her to the county – where […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: David Clowers

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    After his family camped in Peninsula State Park during the 1950s, David Clowers bought 30 acres of Door County woods in 1976, then moved into a small, self-built cabin in 2001.  He earned a B.A. in English language, history and literature from Kalamazoo College and received the Rackham Fellowship for an M.A. from the University […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Ethel Mortenson Davis

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    Ethel Mortenson Davis of Sturgeon Bay grew up on a dairy farm in Marathon County and trained as an artist at UW-Madison. Her poetry is intensely visual, demonstrating the same life, color and movement of her pastels. She’s had seven books published; her art has appeared in literary magazines and galleries; and she’s a member […]

  • Davis, Orlock Release New Poetry Books

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    Four Windows Press has published two new volumes of poetry by Door County poets, both of whom have had work published in the Peninsula Pulse and in anthologies, magazines and journals.  A Gatherer of days and lights and secret places by Ethel Mortenson Davis contains both her poetry and samples of her abstract art. Con/verse/sations […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Doris Bezio

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    Doris Bezio has been writing for most of her life and remembers passing poems to her friends in high school. Beginning as an avid reader, she discovered the wondrous joy of books at the same time she was discovering the world of art.  Her first poetry teacher was Laurel Mills at UW-Oshkosh. Bezio has since […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Anne Emerson

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    Anne Emerson has lived in Door County since 1969, when she left her writing job at the University of Chicago Press to open Edgewood Orchard Galleries. She and her husband, Minnow, raised their children, Nell and Tucker, here, and they are now blessed with five grandchildren all living nearby. Children have been central to Emerson’s […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Lauren Ward

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    Peninsula Poetry is a monthly column curated by the Door County Poets Collective, a 12-member working group that was formed to publish Soundings: Door County in Poetry in 2015 and continues to meet. Lauren Ward doesn’t recall life without poetry. The limestone bluffs, open waters and cedar forests of Door County first inspired her to […]

  • Sherrill is Dickinson Series’ Featured Poet

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    Carrie Sherrill will be the featured poet at the free Dickinson Poetry Series on Oct. 13, 7 pm. The event includes readings by the featured poet, then an open mic when attendees may present one of their poems. Sherrill has been writing since grade school – observing, storing words and images, and taking inspiration from her […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: John Patrick Redell

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    John Patrick Redell retired in Sister Bay a couple of decades ago after working in construction as a surveyor, engineer and supervisor in various places around the United States. Poetry is his way of solving other, more important problems. He had not shared his poems widely until he came to Door County, but now he’s […]

  • Ralph Murre Remembers Bill Guenzel Through Poem

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    “The Gardener” in memory of Bill Guenzel by RALPH MURRE O.K., we’ll call him the gardener if you want. Gardeners don’t make things grow, y’know – they tend the soil, they bring the water and make sure things are where they ought to be just so the trees, the grass, the stones, have a chance. […]

  • Tom Davis Named Notable WI Author

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    The Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) announced that Thomas Davis of Sturgeon Bay has been named a Notable Wisconsin Author, and his book of poetry, Meditations on Ceremonies of Beginnings, has been named an Outstanding Book of Poetry by a Wisconsin Poet. The WLA gives out these awards to Wisconsin writers and poets on an annual […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Carrie Sherrill

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    Carrie Sherrill has been writing since grade school – sometimes on paper, and always in her mind. She finds images in her garden, in snippets of eavesdropped conversations and through the eyes of her grandchildren. Sherrill, a retired registered nurse and former caterer, has lived in Door County for more than 30 years. In addition to […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Jami Hanreddy

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    Jami Hanreddy was a language arts/English teacher for most of her career and authored several books for English Language Learners, one of which is now in its seventh edition.  Before retiring to northern Door County in 2010, Hanreddy taught students to find their own voices in their writing, but she had not given much time […]

  • Door County Writes: Foodie Poetry

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    Tomatoes on a Steamy Summer Day by Annette Langlois Grunseth  Cherub-cheeked Early Girls  dangle their lip-red lure cleave red bosoms around skirts of green leaves. Lanky San Mariano Romas hang out together in their red cliques, dangling their delicious fruit. A chorus line of Power Pops   sways and swells on the vine in symmetrical rows. […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Lee LeVoy

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    Peninsula Poetry is a monthly column curated by the Door County Poets Collective, a 12-member working group that was formed to publish Soundings: Door County in Poetry in 2015 and continues to meet. Originally from Chicago, Lee LeVoy moved to Door County in 1999 with her husband, Hugh. Their dream of living on their 17 […]

  • Coming Up at Write On

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    May 17, 1-3 pm Writing from the Field Poet Tracy Zeman leads a walk through the grounds of Write On, encouraging participants to find inspiration in natural and cultural history for their poetry or prose. The program is $30, with a 10% discount for Write On members. Scholarships are available. May 17, 7 pm Combat […]